Bacteriuria in non-catheterized elderly patients in the first eight days of hospital stay.
One hundred and sixty-one non-catheterized consecutive acute geriatric admissions were screened for bacteriuria on the day following admission, both in the morning and in the afternoon and seven days later--morning and afternoon. The prevalence of bacteriuria was 29% on admission. A correlation between bacteriuria and leucocyturia was shown. The patients were admitted with a variety of medical illnesses but in no case was a diagnosis of urinary-tract infection made prior to admission. There was a significant relationship between incontinence and bacteriuria on admission; 12% of abacteriuric patients became bacteriuric between day 1 and day 7 following admission. Escherichia coli accounted for 51% of the isolates on admission to hospital. Bacteriuria was associated with increased mortality within 1 year following admission to hospital.
Choudhury
S L
SL
Department of Geriatric Medicine, H.M. Stanley Hospital, St Asaph, Clwyd.
Brocklehurst
J C
JC
Lye
M
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000382:microbiology